Trails are open. A great morning to ski! Very nice late February conditions. Fresh snow earlier in the week and daily grooming has made for nice skiing. With warmer temps likely this afternoon, we suggest skiing before noon before the fresh snow possibly gets sticky. Grooming we have been bringing up old snow to make for more consistent conditions when it warms up. Use caution on south facing or areas facing the sun on the downhills that might be sticky early afternoon. We plan to groom most of the trail system again Friday to have best conditions possible for the weekend, which look great at this point….Just Ski!
Wednesday we classic groomed on Rootin Tootin, Roy’s Run, Bullhead Bootleg lake trail, Wavy Gravy, JibFly, Twin Lakes and Sukkerbusk. Lumi’s Lake loop also groomed with skate lane and new track. Tuesday grooming on Sap Run, Mother Hen, Sukkerbusk, Mother North Star, and Twin Lakes. Skaters Waltz groomed in the evening. Grooming we are digging deep in the base, mixing old snow with the new snow. Have the old granulated/corn snow at the surface will make for more consistent skiing when it warms up today. We will be open every day this week. There are no events going on this week. Only trails not groomed since the new snow but open and with fresh snow skiing is Island Lake for classic and North Loup for skate. These trails will be groomed Friday afternoon or Saturday morning depending on weather.
Skating on Skaters Waltz, the extension loops, North Loup, Single Green, Kristin’s Kutoff and Eira Bikwadinaa Hill. All other trails are tracked for classic skiing. (Please no skating on classic trails) Sukkerbusk is a great starter trail for classic which feeds the outer trails and crosses most of the inner trails providing a good “lay of the land”. One of the first trails at Maplelag!
We have also have a loop on Little Sugarbush Lake “Lumi’s Loop” with a skate lane and track on each side. This is a fun 1.2km loop that makes for a fun ski at sunrise and sunset and under the full moon!
50″ of snow so far this season. We have been grooming daily on the entire trail system since mid November, only missing a few days.
Thank you to everyone that comes to ski and supports the trails with season pass purchases. Day passes can be purchased here. A MN State trail pass is NOT required to ski at Maplelag. The Maplelag trails are self funded by operations with no grants or state funding. 18 and under day pass is $15, use the summer trail pass option.
Ski rentals are available at a rate of $25 for adults and $15 for 18 and under. Snowshoe rental is $10 a person. There is no charge for children 6 and under.
Snowfall YTD at 50″ Compacted base on trail 3-8″. Total snowfall in February at 11″. January at 15″. December: 17″. Snowfall in November: 7″. October precipitation (rain) at 2.7″ and around 1″ in September. Total precipitation ytd (rain) at Maplelag is at 25.12″.
